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Deaf Lit Extravaganza by John Lee Clark, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
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Deaf Lit Extravaganza by John Lee Clark, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
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From John Lee Clark
Deaf Lit Extravaganza by John Lee Clark, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
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This celebration of short stories, poems, and essays gives us a glimpse into the Deaf signing community, something that literature by hearing authors featuring deaf characters has rarely done. Between these covers, a Deaf couple fights over their son's language use, an Australian woman joins the community as an adult, a Deaf woman's body is fished out a dumpster, and a British Deaf poet wants to keep "zombies"-hearing people-out. The range of perspectives is astonishing, including opposing views. In one story, a hearing journalist tells us about the infamous Milan congress of educators who banned sign language in 1880, while in another story, a Deaf woman tells us what it's like to have a hearing journalist interview her and her husband for a "human interest" story. Even in pieces that are about just one Deaf person, readers get a powerful sense of life in one of the most vibrant and least understood communities. | Deaf Lit Extravaganza by John Lee Clark, Paperback | Indigo Chapters